HBO's Ganja Queen debuts on Monday, June 30th,
it's the latest in their summer Documentary series and this one will knock
your socks off.

By the title, I expected the story of a notorious drug smuggler,
what we get instead is a naive young Australian tourist traveling in Bali
who ends up in facing the death sentence for smuggling marijuana into
their country. A country, after watching this, I will never visit!

Think Midnight Express except that it's happening
right now. Come to think of it, Midnight Express had a happy
ending...

Ganja Queen is a horrifying journey into a nightmare
scenario. Whether the young lady did it or not (and who can say for sure?)
one thing is for certain - the filmmakers bring this desperate tale to
full flower and its potency can't be denied. The ending will leave you
reeling as an alternate but all too believable theory into how the pot
got where it did is tossed out almost as an afterthought. This is a messy
story of intrigue and needless suffering that, for better or worse, sticks
with you after the film is over.